How to Host a Coordinator Contest 101
Nov 15, 2014 20:29:00 GMT -5
William Rosenbach, Nayru Calibur, and 1 more like this
Post by Lyro on Nov 15, 2014 20:29:00 GMT -5
WARNING: Contests require a lot of effort when it comes to hosting them, reading through every entry, and rating them to so if you are willing to go for it, have fun at the least!
Firstly you're going to want to choose the Subject of your Contest. What are you celebrating? Life, Fun, Love, Summer, Winter, Holidays, etc.? Build around this subject to give the coordinators a focus for their performances.
For Example; The Summer Contest was focused on the subject of Having fun with everyone during Summer Vacation. So, the event was made child friendly and insisted on having a light hearted joyous feel to it for it's performances.
Contests have 3 to 4 different Days / Events: Appeals, Battles, Performance, and an optional Grand Finale where the winners are announced. I typically just stick to the first three and OOCly announce the winners.
Appeals are when a Coordinator introduces themselves and uses this as a chance to catch the attention of the judges. It lets them get a bit more personal with the crowd, and aims to be a period where they can market themselves as someone worth remembering. This is also the place where you need to discuss the stage they're working with and what the Subject of this Contest is. It's a place for you to introduce the setting and event along with the participants.
Example: Summer Festival Contest Appeals & Valentine's Contest Appeals
Battles are where winning the fight doesn't matter, but making it a stunning spectacle is the goal. Being flashy is encouraged and even if someone loses, they will have the chance to still win the overall Contest. Each battle should be split into their own threads to avoid making the Contest thread cluttered. Battles do not even have to finish, you can place a post limit on the battle, or simply post a date in which all battles will automatically end - even if there is no winner yet.
Example: Summer Festival Battle Intro & Coordinator Battle
Performance rounds are the real key to winning any Event though. This is when the Coordinators select a song that relates to the Contest's subject and creates a show with their Pokemon to the music. (Think like America's Got Talent, or some giant talent show) They can tell a story or just give the old razzle dazzle and blow some minds with amazing tricks.
Example: Summer Festival Performance & Valentine's Contest Performance
Grand Finale is not really required, but is a fun way to announce your winners if you'd like to do it ICly rather than in an OOC thread.
Example: First Summer Festivale Grand Finale
Now for Scoring / Judging, I try to keep it nice and simple. In a Group PM to volunteer judges (The list of which is located here - make sure not to contact ones that are actually in the Contest) I set up a list of First, Second, and Third Place, as well as potential Honorable Mentions. Each place is equal to a certain amount of points so to avoid bias and lessen the chances of there being ties.First - 10 Points
Second - 8 Points
Third - 5 Points
(Optional) Honorable Mentions - 3 Points
The Judges will decide who deserves which place in their own personal opinion, and if you'd like, you may even request the Judges write an IC review or commentary on the coordinators' performances if you'd like. Not required, but it's a fun thing to post up in the winners' announcement with their prizes. The person whom has the highest score when all the judge's choices are added together will be the Contest's over all First Place winner.
Prizes as I've been doing it typically goes as follows:First Place
- •50
- 2 TM & HM or Natural Move
- 1 Final Evo or Item Induced Evo & 1 Inital Evo
- First Place _______ Ribbon
Second Place
- •40
- 2 TM & HM or Natural Move
- 1 Final Evo or Item Induced Evo
- Second Place _______ Ribbon
Third Place
- •30
- 2 TM & HM or Natural Move
- 1 Inital Evo
- Third Place _______ Ribbon
Honorable Mention
- •20
- 1 TM & HM or Natural Move
Participants: •10